
Clinical Engineering Handbook
by Ernesto Iadanza
2nd Edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780128134672 |
| eText ISBN | 9780128134689 |
| Publisher | Academic Press |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 958 |
Clinical Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, is a reference handbook examining clinical engineering operations and the field's expanding presence in healthcare systems. It addresses core responsibilities, including healthcare technology management, medical device service, and technology application.
The volume explores how clinical engineers connect medicine, engineering, and business, while reviewing international practice through country-specific overviews across regions such as Canada, Italy, Japan, and Uganda. It also considers operational tools, including equipment control, asset management, and computerized maintenance management systems.
Written by international contributors associated with organizations such as IFMBE, IUPESM, IEEE, and ACCE, this volume supports researchers, practicing engineers, students, healthcare technology managers, and healthcare organizations.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Clinical Engineering
Section 1: Overview
Chapter 1: Clinical Engineering:
Chapter 2: Open Source Medical Devices: Healthcare Solutions for Low- and High- Resource Settings
Chapter 3: Success Stories in Clinical Engineering
Chapter 4: RFID technology in healthcare
Chapter 5: Computer Aided Facilities Management
Chapter 6: Public Procurement Of Innovative Medical Technology: Femtosecond And Excimer Laser Platform For Ophthalmic Surgery
Section 2: Worldwide Clinical Engineering Practice
Section 2: Overview
Chapter 7: Clinical Engineering in the United Kingdom
Chapter 8: Clinical Engineering in Canada
Chapter 9: Clinical Engineering in Colombia
Chapter 10: Clinical Engineering in Mexico
Chapter 11: Clinical Engineering in Paraguay
Chapter 12: Clinical Engineering in Peru
Chapter 13: Clinical Engineering in Venezuela
Chapter 14: Clinical Engineering in Japan
Chapter 15: Clinical Engineering in Brazil
Chapter 16: Clinical Engineering in the Middle East
Chapter 17: Clinical Engineering in China
Chapter 18: Clinical Engineering in Argentina
Chapter 19: Clinical Engineering in Italy
Chapter 20: Clinical Engineering in India
Chapter 21: Clinical Engineering in Poland
Chapter 22: Clinical Engineering in Australia
Chapter 23: Clinical Engineering in Chile
Chapter 24: Clinical Engineering in USA
Chapter 25: Clinical Engineering in Albania
Chapter 26: Clinical Engineering in South Africa
Chapter 27: Clinical Engineering in Uganda
Section 3: Health Technology Management
Section 3: Overview
Chapter 28: Introduction to Medical Technology Management Practices
Chapter 29: Good Management Practice for Medical Equipment / Leadership
Chapter 30: Health Care Strategic Planning Utilizing Technology Assessment
Chapter 31: Technology Evaluation / US and Global perspectives
Chapter 32: Technology Procurement / Strategic Acquisition Planning/Replacement
Chapter 33: Equipment Control and Asset Management
Chapter 34: Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
Chapter 35: Maintenance and Repair of Medical Devices (Healthcare Technology)
Chapter 36: Outsourcing Clinical Engineering Service
Chapter 37: Health Care Technology Replacement Planning
Chapter 38: The integrated Health Care Technology Package
Chapter 39: Impact Analysis
Chapter 40: CE-IT, cybersecurity, CE-IT HTM
Chapter 41: Metrics, Indicators, Analytics
Chapter 42: Standards of Practice (HTM Best Practice Guidelines and Standards of Practice Around the World)
Chapter 43: Single-Use Medical Devices Reuse and Reprocessing
Chapter 44: Clinical Systems Integration Support
Chapter 45: A framework for medical device safety
Chapter 46: ACCE ACEW Update
Section 4: Management
Section 4: Overview
Chapter 47: Quality Management Systems
Chapter 48: Personnel Management/Skills Identification
Chapter 49: Management Styles and Human Resource Development
Chapter 50: A Systems Management Framework for Medical Device Safety and Optimal Outcomes
Section 5: Safety
Section 5: Overview
Chapter 51: Patient Safety Revisited
Chapter 52: Risk Management
Chapter 53: Hospital Safety Programs
Chapter 54: Medical Device Regulations and Patient Safety
Chapter 55: Single Use Injection Devices
Chapter 56: Electromagnetic Interference in the Hospital
Chapter 57: The Great Debate on Electrical Safety - In Retrospect
Section 6: Professionalism, Education and Ethics
Section 6: Overview
Chapter 58: Professionalism
Chapter 59: American College of Clinical Engineering
Chapter 60: Clinical Engineering Certification in the United States
Chapter 61: Clinical Engineering Internship
Chapter 62: HTM Training in the USA
Chapter 63: Distance Education
Chapter 64: In-Service Education
Chapter 65: New York City Metropolitan Area Clinical Engineering Directors Group
Section 7: Medical Devices: Design, Manufacturing, Evaluation, and Control
Section 7: Overview
Chapter 66: Technology in Health Care
Chapter 67: Medical Device Design and Control in the Hospital
Chapter 68: Medical Device Research and Design
Chapter 69: Comparative Evaluations of Medical Devices
Chapter 70: Evolution of prosthetic feet and design based on Gait analysis data
Chapter 71: Challenge in surgical robot development
Chapter 72: Developing and launching a medical device: a fresh engineering point of view
Section 8: Medical Devices: Utilization and Service
Section 8: Overview
Chapter 73: Anaesthesia machines
Chapter 74: Cardiovascular techniques and technology
Chapter 75: Device Inspection
Chapter 76: Hospital bed
Chapter 77: ICU
Chapter 78: Imaging
Chapter 79: Incubator
Chapter 80: Maintenance
Section 9: Information Technology and Mobile Apps
Section 9: Overview
Chapter 81: The Digital Hospital of the 20th Century, and Information Systems Management
Chapter 82: The Integration and Convergence of Medical and Information Technologies
Chapter 83: Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Telecare
Chapter 84: Artificial Intelligence In Medical Devices And Clinical Decision Support Systems
Chapter 85: A Practical Framework for Medical Device Interoperability Conformity Testing (IHE PCD)
Chapter 86: Application of HL7® FHIR for Device and Health Information System (HIS) Interoperability
Chapter 87: Enterprise Image Management and Medical Informatics
Chapter 88: Maintenance of Complex, Converged, and Interoperable Medical Device / Information Systems
Chapter 89: Forensics and Accident/Incident Investigations for Interoperable Medical Device and Information Systems
Chapter 90: New Opportunities for BME/CE Health IT Education
Section 10: Engineering the Clinical Environment
Section 10: Overview
Chapter 91: Physical Plant and Fire Safety
Chapter 92: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Chapter 93: Electrical Power
Chapter 94: Medical Gas Systems
Chapter 95: Construction and Renovation
Chapter 96: Radiation Safety
Chapter 97: Infection Prevention and Control – A Clinical Engineering Perspective
Chapter 98: Water Systems in Health Care Facilities
Chapter 99: Disaster Planning and Emergency Preparedness
Chapter 100: Healthcare Engineering in a Resource Constrained Environment
Section 11: Medical Device Standards, Regulations, and the Law
Section 11: Overview
Chapter 101: Standards and Regulations
Chapter 102: Regulations and the Law
Chapter 103: Hospital Facilities Safety Standards
Chapter 104: Healthcare Quality and ISO IEC 17020
Chapter 105: Medical Equipment Management Program Standards - ANSI/AAMI EQ56 and ANSI/AAMI EQ89
Chapter 106: Clinical Engineering Standards and Practice
Chapter 107: European Union Medical Device Directives and Vigilance System
Chapter 108: United States Food & Drug Administration
Chapter 109: Legal Metrology Framework for Medical Devices
Chapter 110: Increasing of Accuracy and Efficency of Medical Devices In Legal Metrology System of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Section 12: Health Technology Assessment
Section 12: Overview
Chapter 111: Introduction to Health Economics and HTA
Chapter 112: HTA of Medical Devices: criticisms and peculiarities
Chapter 113: eHTA
Chapter 114: MCDA in eHTA
Chapter 115: Hospital Based HTA
Chapter 116: Generation of Evidence in biomedical engineering
Chapter 117: Systematic literature review and Meta-analysis: the case of medical devices and medical locations
Chapter 118: human factors and system thinking for medical device: evidence to design, evaluate and generate value
Chapter 119: Health Technology Assessment teaching for BME
Section 13: Introduction to Human Factors
Section 13: Overview
Chapter 120: Physiological and Psychological Aspects
Chapter 121: Cognitive Ergonomics
Chapter 122: Environmental Research and Design
Chapter 123: Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 124: Safety Science
Chapter 125: Medical Devices
Chapter 126: Health IT
Chapter 127: Patient Facing Technology
Chapter 128: Cognitive Informatics
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